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Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint

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  • The Virgin Mary breast feeding Christ while John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth gaze at him in wonder. Engraving by J. Witdoeck after P.P. Rubens.
  • The sisterhood of Saint Anne de Fouesnant arriving at Concarneau. Photogravure after A. Guillou, 1887.
  • A midwife wrapping the Virgin Mary in swaddling clothes after receiving her first bath, Anna is recuperating in bed. Engraving by P. de Surugue after Pietro da Cortona.
  • Saint Anne with the young Mary. Coloured stipple engraving.
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary, she is seated on Anna's knee and surrounded by Joachim and adoring attendants. Engraving after E. Grazini the younger.
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    A midwife giving the Virgin Mary her first bath while Anna is recovering in bed. Line engraving by H. Wierix.

    Wierix, Jeronimus, 1553-1619. | Reference: 17358i
    Part of: Vita divae Mariae virginis.
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    The sisterhood of Saint Anne de Fouesnant arriving at Concarneau. Photogravure after A. Guillou, 1887.

    Guillou, Alfred, 1844-1926. | Reference: 3206i
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    Saint Anne. Engraving.

    | Reference: 3203i
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    Saint Anne educates the young Virgin Mary; Joachim stands behind them. Engraving.

    | Reference: 21155i
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    Saint Anne with her child, the Virgin Mary. Engraving.

    | Reference: 21149i
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